Example sentences of "have opted [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 2 May , Claude Bernard is showing paintings and watercolours by Giorgio Morandi , while the Galerie des Archives has opted for recent canvases by the American Lydia Dona . |
| 2 | During the same period , clinical practice , aided by an armoury of pharmaceuticals , has opted for short-term admissions and out-patient treatment , together with the rehabilitation of long-stay patients and the closure of huge Victorian asylums . |
| 3 | Rather than risk a clash between the Cha and Legislative Council models , China has opted to muddy the waters by indicating support for proposals unexpectedly advanced last month by Lo Tak-shing , of the New Hong Kong Alliance , for a ‘ bicameral ’ legislature , in which directly elected seats would account for half of a single house . |
| 4 | She and Jeremy had been seeing each other fairly regularly , but he was an investment banker and they were both so hectically involved in their jobs that they 'd opted for casual , no-strings dating almost by mutual consent . |
| 5 | Instead of the sexy bits he 'd opted for poetic descriptions of London at night and the philosophic chapter from his last book about the beauties of a relationship between a young girl and an older man . |
| 6 | if you 've , you 've not already opted for individual er taxation er and you decide to do so after retirement how , how do I go about doing that , I mean does , does i if I invest er a lump sum in my wife 's name , we 've got to have opted for individual |
| 7 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 8 | Commentators analysing the results said that they showed that voters had rewarded the NSF for its efforts over the past six months , had opted for gradual change , and supported a political grouping which showed far greater coherence than the fragmented opposition . |
| 9 | Werewolf had opted for clear plastic goggles but he had already dispensed with them , tying them to his belt . |
| 10 | Jannink have opted for limited editions ( 300 numbered copies , with a lithograph , at FFr480 ) of previously unpublished writings by artists : Erro , Monory , Soulages , Martial Raysse . |
| 11 | They support the FDR-FMLN on a negotiated solution , condemn the role of the United States and have opted for electoral abstention on the grounds that their children have been denied the vote and that therefore the conditions ( or free elections do not exist . |
| 12 | Some have opted for firm sale agreements to cut out the costly returns process , most notably with the Waterstones group and Reed with Dillons . |
| 13 | Although the classification of countries in Table 8.1 suggests that a large majority of countries have opted for stable exchange rates , in fact this is not so ; those countries which are pegged to the US dollar will find their exchange rate moving against other currencies , because the US dollar itself is an independently floating currency . |
| 14 | But unless she is lucky she will also meet others who have opted for different solutions to the problem of how to be a teacher . |
| 15 | I am delighted to say that , to date , 315 schools have opted for grant-maintained status . |